318 FORTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 433. 1882. keeping in repair the lamps, under any expenditure provided for in this act: and in case a contract cannot be made at that rate the engrneerun charge is hereby authorized to substitute other illuminating material in the lamps on the public grounds, and to use so much of the sum hereby appropriated as may be necessary for that purpose. Repair or water- For repair of watenpipes and tire-plugs: For repairing and extend- PiP¤¤y ¤*°· ing water-pipes, purchase of apparatus to clean them, and cleaning the springs and repairing and renewing the pipes to the same that supply _ the Capitol, the Executive Mansion, and the building for the State, War, and Navy Departments, two thousand five hundred dollars. Tclcgnnh bo- For telegraph to connect the Capitol with the departments and Gov- Wm P*°°l·°*°· ernment Printing Ofhce: For care and repair of the same, one thousand five hundred dollars. Hupiw (or ca- For the new hospital for cadets at the Military Academy at West d•** •* mm"! Point, namely: For blinds, laying pine flooring and base board, doors,
- °°°°mY‘ windows, bath-rooms, water-closets, locks, screws, hinges, basement
windows, outside doors, iron mantels, with grates, plastering, plumbing, gasfitting, iron stairs, gas-fixtures, iron railing and platform, painting, retaining wall, with coping outside of sally-port, platform and stairs to bath-room and closet, inclosing grounds with wall and fencing, watertauk, skylight in roof of main building, inclosure of basement and stairs, iron paneling, and for steam-heating apparatus, fifteen thousand dollars Building for For the building for the State, War, and Navy Departments: For g*•*•· ;'¤‘» *2*} continuing the construction of the north wing; painting, decorating, mfg; °p"and interior nnish; and completion of the approaches, cleaning down stone-work of exterior walls, cleaning up and preparing for occupancy and minor operations for completing this wing; and for labor and contingencies, one hundred thousand dollars. For- preparing granite for the construction of the west and center gm gs, and preparation of foundation, three hundred and fifty thousand o ars. * For furnitme, carpets, fi1e—cases, and shelving for the ndrth wing of the State; War; and Navy Department building, fifty thousand dollars. Signal Service. srcmu. smzvrcm. Ohcsrvstiunand For the observation and report of storms: F r expenses of the ob- 1'•v¤‘¢ U •*¤¤¤» servation and report of storms by telegraph and signal for the benefit “P“'“"°°‘· of commerce and agriculture throughout the United States; for manufacture, purchase, and repair of meteorological and other necessary instruments for telegraphing reports; for expenses of stormsignals announcing the probable approach and force of storms; for continuing theestablishment and connections of stations at life-saving stations and light-houses; for instrument shelters; for hire, furniture, and expenses of offices maintained for public use in cities and ports receiving roports; for river reports; for maps and bulletins to be displayed in chambers of commerce and boards of trade rooms, and for distribution; for books, periodicals, newspapers, and stationery; and for incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, two hundred and eighty d wan; my so the ghousand dollars: Provided, That the work of no other department, vp we •> y ureau, or commission authorized by law, shall be du licated b this °" "'°“*'· bureau: Provided, further, That nothing herein coutainled shall rebtrict the performance of all duties of the Signal Service Bureau prescribed by Pexisting laws. Mmearycele- or the construction maintenance and re 'r of milit -tel mph mes. lines: For the construction and coritinuingptghle constrnggm, mg:;): nance, and use of military-telegraph lines on the Indian and Mexican frontiers and in the Northwest. For the connection of military posts and stations, and for the better protection ol' immigration and the frontier settlements from depredations, especially in the States of Texas and Nevada and the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Dakota, Wash-
